diff -ur xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-0.14.6/eventcomm.c xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-0.14.6-ds/eventcomm.c
--- xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-0.14.6/eventcomm.c	2007-07-09 19:42:55.000000000 -0700
+++ xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-0.14.6-ds/eventcomm.c	2007-07-09 19:11:03.000000000 -0700
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
 static void
 EventDeviceOffHook(LocalDevicePtr local)
 {
+    int ret;
+    SYSCALL(ret = ioctl(local->fd, EVIOCGRAB, (pointer)1));
+    if (ret < 0) {
+	xf86Msg(X_WARNING, "%s can't ungrab event device, errno=%d\n",
+		local->name, errno);
+    }
 }
 
 static void